The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is running a recruitment competition for the role of Third Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs. The mission of the Department of Foreign Affairs is to serve the Irish people, promote their values and advance their prosperity and interests abroad, and to provide the Government with the capabilities, analysis and influence to ensure that Ireland derives the maximum benefit from all areas of its external engagement. The high-level goals of the Department are:

• To serve our people at home and abroad and to promote reconciliation and cooperation
• To advance Ireland's interests, influence and values in our shared Europe
• To work for a fairer, just, secure and sustainable world
• To advance Ireland’s prosperity by extending our influence and promoting our interests internationally
• To strengthen our effectiveness and capacity to deliver on our goals

Detailed information about the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs is available on www.dfa.ie

Through this competition, PAS will establish a panel of suitably qualified individuals from which vacancies may be filled for the role of Third Secretary.

Third Secretary is the recruitment level for the Irish diplomatic service and is the first step towards more senior and responsible posts in the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Department is seeking graduates who have the necessary personal qualities, skills and attributes to undertake the demanding and varying responsibilities of the position, including representing Ireland abroad, and to progress to the most senior positions in the diplomatic service.

Further details on the competition are available at https://www.publicjobs.ie/en/